From: eric.feller@myldsmail.net
We've been super booked every night using tons of miles. We
are preparing to Baptize the two teenage guys we met last week, for
this Saturday. So I'm really excited about that. I haven't had any
baptisms yet because of my area's and stuff. Whitewashing twice and
then having a bad trainer doesn't help. But the Lord is blessing me and
Elder Lesh a lot, so I'm really excited.
But the craziest thing that happened is that Joram went back
to Kenya. He knows the Book of Mormon is true, and he wants to be
baptized now, but he didnt have time to do it here, because he wants to
have a big party after. hahaha. So he's going back to Kenya like right
now. But he's going to find the church there. And here's why. Get
ready for the craziest story of the week. We took Joram to the Mesa
Temple to see the lights and the visitors center. (Which is AWESOME and a
great missionary tool) So we're walking around the inside and Joram's
wife sits down and there are these other Kenyan people there, and they
start talking, then the all start talking in Swahili and Joram meets
all these members of the church that joined in Kenya, including one of
his own tribe, who can speak his tribal language. And me and Elder Lesh
are like, "yes, this is awesome." Then this white guy walks up and
starts talking to them in Swahili. He's a returned missionary who
served in... you guessed it- Kenya! So he's talking to all of them, and
eventually he starts to tell Joram where the Church building is in
Nairobi, the city where he lives. Apparently, its like... in walking
distance of his house. like across the street or something. So Elder
Lesh and I are freaking out in excitement because now we know he's
going to find the church there for sure. And they all celebrate, and
Joram's wife gets some new friends from Kenya to help her and support
her. And later, Joram tells us that it was no accident that all that
happened. And I agree. It was definitely a miracle. Joram is planning
on coming back to the United States to get baptized someday.... We told
him if that doesn't work out soon he needs to go do it in Kenya. But
he wants "his first missionaries to be there" hahaha. So its a way cool
story.
But speaking of the Mesa Temple, it is such a beautiful
place. We went through it today. And we've been there twice taking
investigators to the Christmas lights. If you ever have
the opportunity to go there for Christmas, do it! We are going all the
time this time of year. And during the Easter Pageant, which is hear is
also amazing.
Thats all for this week. Next week we'll have baptism pictures and all sorts of fun things!
Love,
Elder Feller
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